Italian Prepositions

Italian Prepositions

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Italian Prepositions

Learning the Italian Prepositions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Italian language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Italian.

Italian prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:

English Prepositions

Italian Prepositions

Prepositions

Preposizioni

inside the house

all'interno della casa (or)dentro la casa

outside the car

al di fuori della vettura (or)fuori dalla vettura

with me

con me

without him

senza di lui

under the table

sotto il tavolo

after tomorrow

dopo domani

before sunset

prima del tramonto

but I'm busy

ma ho da fare

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in Italian has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Italian.

List of Prepositions in Italian

Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Italian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Italian vocabulary.

English Prepositions

Italian Prepositions

about

riguardo (a)

above

sopra

across

attraverso

after

dopo

against

contro

among

tra

around

intorno a

as

come

at

a

before

prima

behind

dietro

below

sotto

beneath

al di sotto

beside

accanto a

between

tra

beyond

al di là di

but

ma

by

da

despite

nonostante

down

giù

during

durante

except

ad eccezione di (or)eccetto

for

per

from

da

in

in

inside

dentro

into

in

near

vicino

next

prossimo

of

di

on

su

opposite

opposto

out

fuori

outside

al di fuori (or)fuori

over

sopra

per

per (or) ogni

plus

più

round

intorno a

since

poiché

than

poi

through

attraverso

till

fino

to

a

toward

verso

under

sotto

unlike

a differenza di

until

fino a quando

up

su

via

tramite

with

con

within

all'interno

without

senza

two words

due parole

according to

secondo (or)a seconda di

because of

a causa di

close to

nei pressi di

due to

a causa di

except for

fatta eccezione per

far from

lontano da

inside of

entro, prima della fine di

instead of

invece di

near to

vicino a

next to

accanto a

outside of

al di fuori di

prior to

prima di

three words

tre parole

as far as

fino a

as well as

come pure, in aggiunta

in addition to

oltre

in front of

di fronte a

in spite of

nonostante

on behalf of

a nome di

on top of

sopra

demonstrative pronouns

preposizioni dimostrative

this

questa

that

quello/quella

these

questi/queste

those

quelli/quelle

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